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In April 1999 3 British climbers get caught in a snow storm near the summit of Mt. McKinley. After a night in a cave, 1 climber develops snow blindness and another volunteers to go down to base camp but breaks both his legs in a fall.

Three British climbers become trapped on America's highest mountain when the weather turns against them. One has to make the difficult decision - stay with his friends and freeze to death or go down the mountain alone risking his own life to try to save them all.

Naomi Uemura you to stay in Shioraparuku of Greenland , obtained form a dog sled single line of 3,000 kilometers , came back to Tokyo for the first time in a long time . He was reunited in store familiar and women who met by chance on the stairs of the station . And a few days later , I will present a book of their own to the woman Nozaki Kimiko . Kimiko that while reading it , know the life of Uemura so far . We have only 40,000 yen after graduation , Uemura was the No Child Left Behind in the Meiji mountain was the United States at immigrant ship from Yokohama . However , because there is no work visa , deported in illegal labor , across to Chamonix in France . Join Gojunba Kang II Takaaki battalion of the Himalayas where it while working , we have succeeded in the first ascent peak . After that , he felt organization ascent it does not match at that time , climbed alone Mont Blanc , Matterhorn , Kilimanjaro , and Aconcagua . In May 1970 , I stood in the Everest summit for the first time as a Japanese . Three months later , succeeded in North America 's highest mountain climbing McKinley alone , I made ​​a record to conquer the highest peak all five continents . That to live as adventurer get a job after that of the general Any not last long . Then , after joining the international Everest expedition , had reached the current switched over to adventure land . Kimiko you have finished reading it deeply impressed , accept the proposal Uemura . 1974 , the two married . Soon , Uemura was accomplished over a period of 1 year and a half near the dog sled single line of the Arctic Circle 12,000 km . Without adventure is his get lost , and fight in April '78 , and cold , even while becoming so attacked by a polar bear jeopardize , we have succeeded in reaching the North Pole alone by dog sled . Then , to make a bet Antarctica traverse planning for once and for all , but give up not obtained the cooperation of the Government of Argentina for the Falklands War . Then , in February '84 , winter ascent alone after McKinley , I cut off the news . Is not found despite search of hard , April 19 death becomes deterministic , the Japanese government gave him the People's Honor Award for the performance are bright and his.

Uemura Naomi no sekai is a documentary about alpinism that takes place in Everest and Denali - Mckinley. It was produced in 2004 by TV Asahi. It is a part of the series Adventurer. It features Naomi Uemura.